Emoji Story:

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Reflection:

As I was writing the summary of the plot in the forms of emojis only, it was rather entertaining, and I found myself chuckling to myself as I was looking for emojis. Unfortunately, I do not have the newest iPhone system update, which limited me to the newer descriptive emojis. I relied mostly on the subject and verb to be reciprocated into emojis to describe the event occurring. In my head, as I was thinking of the English phrase to translate, I noticed that I wasn’t formulating complete sentences, but rather thinking of the simplest phrase and characters to note into pictures. This made me realize the significance of addressing the ‘Subject’ during a conversation, instead of merely using the words “this”, “that”, “thing” and so forth. If you look at the overall scope of emojis, I observe more ‘persons’ rather than actions or objects which were more difficult to depict in the forms of picture. I did not decide on this TV show for a specific reasoning – it was rather a memorable TV show of the ones I watched recently. As I was looking for emojis, I realized that it was a bit time consuming, as my plot revolves heavily around characters without distinct characteristics.

A fun activity at my Friendgiving Dinner as we were talking about our week was this assignment and readings. Another friend is studying English (the language) history and mentioned studying syntax. It made question the structure I utilized to create my emoji story. As mentioned above, the structure of my sentences were completely different than how I would normally speak. It felt as if emojis was a new language for me and I did not understand the syntax of it.

The structure was a big part of what I was focusing on as the reader is dependent on the author. Sequence has effects for authorship and for reading. Hearers (and readers to a somewhat lesser extent) depend on the “unfolding”, the revealing of elements one after the other to be able to make sense of the whole. This gives authors a specific power: readers are dependent—at least in their initial hearing and reading—on sequence and on sequential uncovering. It is the author’s order, as mentioned earlier, that dominates, initially at least. If the hearer or the reader wishes to reorder what has just been said or what has been written, the recording has to be done on the basis of and against the author’s prior ordering. (Kress, 2005)

Please let me know what TV show you think it is in the comments!

References:

Kress, G. (2005), Gains and losses: New forms of texts, knowledge, and learning. Computers and Composition, 2(1), 5-22.

Kress, G.R., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2001). Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. Oxford University Press.